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[–] Ironfacebuster 134 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Steps to building a cool program (the really cool way)

  1. Clone the GitHub repository
  2. Open command prompt
  3. Run the build command
  4. It fails because the repository owner uses a different c++ compiler and it only works with that one
  5. It fails again, realize you installed visual studio wrong somehow so spend an hour trying to get the visual studio installer to find and uninstall it before deleting the installation directory entirely and installing the required version again
  6. It still fails, the project looks for version "" of protobuf but you have "3.1.10.1" so you reconfigure it to look for a real version of protobuf
  7. It fails again, some tool that isn't in the readme is required to build it
  8. It fails again, it's not actually compatible with windows yet
  9. Give up and wait for pre built binaries

Edit: did the other guy that responded block me? I got a notification about it but can't load the comment

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey welcome to our group session. Just know that we all have been hurt by C++ build systems and this is a safe space

[–] Ironfacebuster 25 points 1 year ago

I feel so welcome, thank you

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I used to run Slackware and have built many, many packages this way.

These days...gimme a .deb, please. It's not that I can't do it...it's that I want to do other things.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RE: edit: they apparently deleted their comment

[–] Ironfacebuster 4 points 1 year ago

Makes sense, their response made no sense anyways lol

Even now it's telling me that there's an extra comment it can't load

[–] ricdeh 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yuck, imagine using M*crosoft's C++ compiler 🤮

[–] I_Clean_Here 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] Ironfacebuster 2 points 1 year ago

Weren't we all, at one point?

[–] Aux -1 points 1 year ago

It's bloody good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If you want Blender with CUDA support from source... Man, this is the way. Thank God for their benevolence in releasing build binaries.

I sure learned a ton while painfully trying to figure it all out though! Lol